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In Norway, 40% of the directors on public company boards are women. This is the case because it is now required under Norweigan law. In 2002 when the target was initially set, women comprised just 7% of the director population.

There are a total of 91 shareholder proposals in SHARE’s Shareholder Resolution Database so far for 2009. This is in sharp contrast to the 127 shareholder proposals SHARE was tracking at this time last year.

In December 2008, LEAD Canada Inc. became the first North American organization certified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to provide courses on the GRI’s sustainable reporting framework in Canada.

In February 2008, an international coalition of investors and research organizations (including SHARE) travelled to Guatemala to observe Goldcorp Inc.’s operations at its Marlin Mine first-hand.

SHARE and the Atkinson Charitable Foundation are pleased to announce the release of the draft Responsible Property Services Code. The draft Code is the product of a two-year process that brought together…

Recently, SHARE expanded its database of shareholder proposals filed at Canadian companies so that it now includes proposals filed from 2000 to 2008.

More than 40 trade union trustees from 11 countries – representing over US$900 billion in assets under management – met July 9-10 in London to discuss the ongoing shareholder campaign on Burma, labour issues…

The run-up in global commodity prices—notably oil, corn, and wheat—is focusing attention on the possible role of investor speculation in recent increases. While speculation in the commodities markets is nothing new…